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  Bureau Valley, Fulton volleyball teams to meet for regional title at St.
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  Bede. Written by Brad Martin. This article is being read by an
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  automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. St. Bede took on a
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  big hitting team from Fulton with a Division I recruit, and while
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  it battled in the end, the No. 1 seeded steamers were too
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  much to take as the No. 7 Bruins fell 25-19 25-16 in
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  The first Class 1 A St.
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  Bede Regional semifinal Wednesday in Peru. In the second match, number four
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  Seed Bureau Valley took down number five Marquette 25 2517. Fulton
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  35 and Bureau Valley July 1, 26 will each take long winning
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  streaks into the final at 6 p.m. Thursday. The Steamers have won
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  20 matches in a row while the Storm have won 14 straight.
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  Fulton Def, St. Bede 2519-2516. The Bruins kept things tight early on
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  with Kija Lucas putting down
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  a kill Fulton's Kirby German raised some eyebrows with a power shot
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  as the score was tied at eight. We knew we would have
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  to play some solid offense tonight, Fulton coach Stacy German said. Saint
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  Bede is a good team, and when we get the good setup
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  to our big hitters, it's almost a guaranteed kill for us, but
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  they made us work for it. Chloe Wilken put down a kill
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  as The
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  Southern Illinois recruit gave the Steamers a 12-11 lead. The big hitters
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  for Fulton began to wear down the Bruins, who committed some unforced
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  errors that led to a 7-2 Fulton run that pushed the lead
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  to 1914. During that run, German picked up another hard hit kill
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  along with an ace, and then Nora Kingeri hit a shot off
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  the arms of the Bruins defenders to put Saint Bede back on
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  its heels. The bruins were not about to go away easily, though,
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  as a shot from Hannah Heiberger hit the net and fell in,
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  and before she followed with a cross-court kill to cut the deficit
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  to 2017 Fulton, however, had an answer as a quick shot from
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  Kingary found a hole, and then a tip shot from Wilken made
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  it twenty three seventeen. A Fulton error and a big hit from
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  Lucas made it 24-19, but a big kill down the center of
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  the court from Wilkins gave the Steamers A
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  25-19 victory. I think we started watching a bit too much, Saint
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  Bede coach Nicole Trenka said. They realized what we were doing at
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  the net with blocks and started to adjust, but I think we
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  were a little flat footed, and you can't do that against a
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  good team like that. At the start of the second set, St.
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  Bede had a miss hit and then a bad pass along before
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  an ace from Zoe Kunau as the steamers roared ahead seven three.
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  A shot on the line from Nel Pothoff briefly stopped the steamer's
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  momentum, but a pair of errors once again got Fulton charging ahead
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  eleven six. Cate Duncan had a shot that rolled over the net
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  for the Bruins and then Wilken hit a shot into the net,
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  but the Bruins still trailed 12-9. German drilled a shot off Bruin
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  blockers, and then Peyton Stretton served up an ace, and after two
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  more Saint Bede errors the lead grew to sixteen nine. Lucas took
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  a big swing and sent a shot off Fulton blockers, and after
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  the two teams traded some miss hits back and forth, the Steamers
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  lead twenty thirteen. German again had a big hit for Fulton, and
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  two shots that sailed long on Finley Rue made it twenty three
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  fourteen. Just as all night, when Fulton needed a big play, the
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  Steamers got it, as Wilkins blasted a shot off St. Bede for
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  the 25-16 victory. We're going to stick around and do some scouting,
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  Stacy German said. We will get to bed late, but come back
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  and hopefully play well tomorrow. Bureau Valley Def. Marquette twenty five
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  twenty twenty five seventeen. Bureau Valley was solid, throughout the night while
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  The Crusaders came out a little flat, and the storm took advantage.
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  My ship picked up a cross court shot and a miscommunication from
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  Marquette led to an early 2-1 lead for BV. A series of
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  Crusaders errors put the storm ahead 9-3. A nice touch shot from
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  Marquette's Rita McLaughlin, and then a killin block from Kinley Rick made
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  it 12-6. But it was short lived as Elise House got the
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  storm back on track. Another Marquette miss hit along with a kill
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  from Maya's ship extended the B V lead to sixteen nine. A
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  tip shot from Aubrey Endrus and a shot into the net by
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  the Crusaders made it twenty one fifteen Storm. Ships smashed a shot
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  down the line, and then Endrus hit the final point of the
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  set of the set that went off two Marquette defenders for the
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  twenty five twenty win. The score was tied at six in the
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  second set before three consecutive aces from Indress, and a kill from
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  Binley Dothi gave the storm an 11-6 edge. Rick got the kill
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  off Storm Defenders, but another Endriss kill put Bureau Valley ahead thirteen
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  eight. Ship hit the ball into the corner, and a tip shot
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  put B V ahead seventeen nine now. I think we had a
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  plan and executed it very well tonight, Storm Coach Sage Ellison said.
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  We rely on our served line every single night, and that helped
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  build the momentum huge for us. Marquette got a much needed kill
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  from Kelsey Coutre, but a service error kept the momentum with the
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  storm. A touch shot from Indress, and then Marquette, not getting the
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  ball over in three shots, pushed the storm lead to 1910. Endrus
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  followed that with a shot into the corner for a twenty one
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  eleven lead, forcing a Crusaders timeout. After the break, House sent a
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  shot that sailed into the net, but Marquette again hit an unforced
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  error into the net as the B V lead increased to twenty
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  two twelve. Definitely not our night, Marquette coach Mindy McKinnahe said. We
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  were so good last night and were lights out, and hoping to
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  carry that into tonight, but we were flat footed all night, and
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  Bureau Valley was just the better team tonight. Sierra Taylor crushed a
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  kill that couldn't be returned. After a storm shot sailed long, Hunter
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  Hopkins served an ace, but the match ended with a shot into
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  the net for Marquette 27 and 9. Bureau Valley was led by
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  Brooke Helms with 16 digs, while Libby Emdris added 9 digs and
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  17 assists, and Doty led with 10 kills.